Knee-deep in the Olsen twins. Boom-chicka-boom. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/esn1g/Misc/wagglybrows.gif This is very disturbing to those of us old enough to remember seeing the Olsen twins as toddlers. In a story related to the MSNBC Paris Hilton fiasco, here's a famous reporter talking a...
I saw this. I don't think Prince is trying to stand up for any little man, he's trying to destroy the record industry. And good for him! If the concept takes hold that music has no monetary value, but is something that adds value to everything it comes with, then you'll see lots of free music given ...
Necro or not, it's an interesting topic. :) I nominate "Putting People on the Moon" by the Drive-by Truckers for one of the most powerful yet most depressing songs ever created. <i>"Mary Alice got cancer just like everybody here Seems everyone I know is gettin' cancer every year And we can't afford ...
Heh...this one requires a little explanation. :) I'm publishing a technical article, and we got back our peer reviews. One anonymous reviewer had a lot to say about the article -- he wanted some figures deleted, thought we should cut the text by a third, and generally make our purpose and techniques...
Particularily with the part that I'm trying my hardest to forget that Chris Benoit ever existed, because thats all he deserves now. I think that's a poor strategy by which to handle tragedies like this. Every good man has a monster inside of him; every human monster has a pure and virtuous part. If...
You've heard of fireballs, right? That's what happens when a meteorite dives into the atmosphere and burns up, and in its final moment it explodes. Usually the explosion is in the upper atmosphere, so it's an airburst that does nothing more than give a pretty light show. Fireballs are fairly common,...
Congrats! I want a new laptop. I really want a tablet, but I'm not sure I need it. Been looking at options. Best I've found so far are: Gateway C-120x Tablet notebook -- convertible pressure sensitive tablet (good+), Windows Vista (bad-), >$1600 (-), rumored to be a seven-week waiting period on orde...
And while we're at it, can we please have some Pooh stuff which has something to do with the actual stories by Milne? No, you can't. Because the Milne estate and Disney have been locked in mortal legal combat for the rights to those characters for decades, and if Disney were to use any of Milne's a...
mcDuffies wrote:There's so many things I could say that I'll rather say nothing.
Actually, I hope you don't think it rude of me, but I'd love to hear a bit about what happened in your part of the world. I know the outcome, but I don't think I ever really heard the cause.
Americans are more likely to get outraged at something "blasphemous" on TV (usually related to either Sex, Homosexuality, or Abortion), then pictures of small children who are injured because of a friendly fire incident. that's my take on it, anyways. You're mistaken. American *Media* gets outraged...
You know, it'd kind of be nice to actually have a representative democracy. And the problem with America today is the very large disconnect between 'It would be nice to have this...' and 'I'm going to start FUCKING SHOOTING until I GET IT.' ;) We're just too comfortable. It will take a very painful...